https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Training-Courses/SAS-Data-Management-Tools-and-Applications/m-p/642332#M60 <P>From the SAS website it looks like this is part of a package of classes and not offered as a stand alone.</P> <P>The recommended prerequisites are:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="xsmall-txt-light">Before attending this course, you should have experience with SAS programming basics and data manipulation techniques, as well as familiarity with SQL processing. You can gain this experience by completing <A href="http://support.sas.com/edu/schedules.html?crs=PROG1&amp;source=aem" target="_blank">SAS Programming 1: Essentials</A>, <A href="http://support.sas.com/edu/schedules.html?crs=PROG2&amp;source=aem" target="_blank">SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques </A>and <A href="https://support.sas.com/edu/schedules.html?crs=SQL1&amp;source=aem" target="_blank">SAS SQL 1: Essentials</A>&nbsp;courses.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="xsmall-txt-light">My experience with SAS training is that if you have equivalent skills if not the exact course completed you should be okay. If you haven't taken those courses I would expect 6 months to several years of experience would be needed depending on how much time you spend with SAS and the complexity of tasks completed. </SPAN></P> Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:28:30 GMT ballardw 2020-04-23T16:28:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Training-Courses/SAS-Data-Management-Tools-and-Applications/m-p/642153#M59 <P>Please can I start this course with only knowledge from SAS Programming 1? Do I have to have also done SAS Programming 2?</P> Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:58:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Training-Courses/SAS-Data-Management-Tools-and-Applications/m-p/642153#M59 NessaEko 2020-04-23T02:58:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Training-Courses/SAS-Data-Management-Tools-and-Applications/m-p/642332#M60 <P>From the SAS website it looks like this is part of a package of classes and not offered as a stand alone.</P> <P>The recommended prerequisites are:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="xsmall-txt-light">Before attending this course, you should have experience with SAS programming basics and data manipulation techniques, as well as familiarity with SQL processing. You can gain this experience by completing <A href="http://support.sas.com/edu/schedules.html?crs=PROG1&amp;source=aem" target="_blank">SAS Programming 1: Essentials</A>, <A href="http://support.sas.com/edu/schedules.html?crs=PROG2&amp;source=aem" target="_blank">SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques </A>and <A href="https://support.sas.com/edu/schedules.html?crs=SQL1&amp;source=aem" target="_blank">SAS SQL 1: Essentials</A>&nbsp;courses.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="xsmall-txt-light">My experience with SAS training is that if you have equivalent skills if not the exact course completed you should be okay. If you haven't taken those courses I would expect 6 months to several years of experience would be needed depending on how much time you spend with SAS and the complexity of tasks completed. </SPAN></P> Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:28:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Training-Courses/SAS-Data-Management-Tools-and-Applications/m-p/642332#M60 ballardw 2020-04-23T16:28:30Z